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The Courier-Journal

The only witness to testify Wednesday in David Cammís triple-murder trial was:

Barton Epstein ó a blood-spatter expert from Minnesota who was hired by David Cammís defense team to explain his findings. He said he evaluated evidence and photos from the crime scene and performed tests with blood to help document findings.

Epstein said he and partner Terry Laber agreed after dropping their own vials of blood on the Camm familyís garage floor in October 2001 that the blood from Kim Cammís fatal gunshot wound to the head would have had to flow for more than an hour to begin to separate and give off a yellowish serum. Overall, Epstein said he found that an analysis of physical evidence at the crime scene, particularly blood on David Cammís T-shirt and shoes, was consistent with Cammís account.

Epstein, who said he testified about 75 percent of the time for defense teams, acknowledged under cross examination that he has been on the opposite side of spatter analyst Tom Bevel in every case in which the two were hired as consulting experts. Bevel testified earlier in the trial for the prosecution.